EP 4070422 A1 20221012 - RESIDUAL CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER
Title (en)
RESIDUAL CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER
Title (de)
RESTSTROMSCHUTZSCHALTER
Title (fr)
DISJONCTEUR À COURANT RÉSIDUEL
Publication
Application
Priority
- SE 1951407 A 20191206
- SE 2020051016 W 20201021
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2021112737A1] The present invention relates to a residual current circuit breaker, RCCB, (100) for an electrical circuit (300). The RCCB comprises a first switching device (106) and a second switching device (140) coupled in series with each other between the power supply (302) and the load (304). The first switching device (106) is configured to switch into an OFF mode, in which no current is fed to the load (304), upon detecting that a value of a current i fed to the load (304) is larger than a switching current is of the first switching device (106). The second switching device (140) is configured to switch into an ON mode, in which the load (304) is short cut, upon detecting a leakage of the current i fed to the load (304). Thereby, a novel RCCB architecture is provided. When a current leakage is detected a short cut is introduced which means that the voltage will be zero over the load and no person will be harmed by the current in the circuit. Flowever, when the load is short cut there will be a current rush in the circuit which will trigger the first switching device to break the circuit and no current will thereafter flow in the circuit. The invention also relates to a circuit comprising such a residual current circuit breaker and a corresponding method.
IPC 8 full level
H02H 3/02 (2006.01); H01H 9/54 (2006.01); H02H 3/07 (2006.01); H02H 3/10 (2006.01); H02H 3/16 (2006.01); H02H 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR SE US)
H01H 9/542 (2013.01 - KR); H02H 1/0007 (2013.01 - US); H02H 3/023 (2013.01 - EP KR); H02H 3/07 (2013.01 - KR); H02H 3/10 (2013.01 - KR SE); H02H 3/105 (2013.01 - EP KR US); H02H 3/16 (2013.01 - EP KR); H02H 3/32 (2013.01 - EP KR SE); H01H 9/542 (2013.01 - EP); H02H 3/07 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2021112737A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2021112737 A1 20210610; CN 114747106 A 20220712; EP 4070422 A1 20221012; JP 2023504681 A 20230206; KR 20220104259 A 20220726; SE 1951407 A1 20210607; SE 543846 C2 20210810; US 2022416532 A1 20221229
DOCDB simple family (application)
SE 2020051016 W 20201021; CN 202080083837 A 20201021; EP 20800359 A 20201021; JP 2022533243 A 20201021; KR 20227022797 A 20201021; SE 1951407 A 20191206; US 202017781244 A 20201021